A.M. Three Strikes: Do you know D.B. Cooper?

1. IN THE POST: Jessica Fender reports that a Denver judge said yesterday that Denver prosecutors “overcharged” a man who was originally charged with felony child abuse for having a medical-marijuana grow in his basement and sentenced the man to probation and home detention after his guilty plea to two misdemeanors.

Also:

– I have a story about the resolution to l’affaire Façonnable, which ended in federal court when the upscale clothing retailer dropped its efforts to unmask anonymous internet commenters without receiving money or an apology, meaning the free-speech questions that made the case so interesting won’t be decided.

2. AROUND COLORADO: The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that a Loveland dog trainer who claims on his website a “100 percent success rate” in training pooches is also facing animal cruelty charges, after surveillance video allegedly captured him beating a dog, slamming it to the ground and ramming its nose through a sheetrock wall.

Also:

– The Boulder Daily Camera writes that the new Boulder Sheriff’s office building — at 5600 Flatiron Parkway, closer to the county jail than its previous digs — also is a pretty good museum for the county’s law enforcement history.

– In Aspen, meanwhile, the Daily News reports on the legal tiff between the owner of an electric-powered Porsche and the man he says dropped it on a road in Utah last year while hauling it back to Colorado.

3. AROUND THE NATION: Here is the story of how a British newspaper reporter, writing a leisurely culture story for The Telegraph of London, unearthed a small detail, which he buried in the story, that re-launched America’s fascination with the unsolved D.B. Cooper skyjacking case — sending The Seattle Times scrambling to assemble the clues and giving The New York Times the opportunity to use the phrase “one cool cat.”

Also:

– The Detroit News reports that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from prison this morning, after completing his sentence for violating his probation on felony charges stemming from an adulterous text-messaging scandal and lies he admittedly told when he testified in lawsuits brought by police officers who said they were expected to cover up the affairs. (Follow that?) The Detroit News also tells us that Kilpatrick writes in his new autobiography that his downfall was the result of a conspiracy by “certain forces” and says he always had the city’s best interests at heart. Kilpatrick still faces federal racketeering charges for allegedly taking millions in taxpayer money along with other city officials and contractors.

– The Washington Post reports that convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo wants to change his name because he says he’s at risk of assault by other inmates who know of his notoriety.

– The Daily Record in the Northern New Jersey town of Parsippany reports that a Dunkin’ Donuts employee who worked the graveyard shift has been busted on prostitution charges for allegedly taking breaks from slinging sweets to sell sexual services in the shop’s parking lot. The name of the sting that rolled her up? “Extra sugar.”